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Farewell, Mon Ami (For Now)

Koshalee Sirichandra is an emerging literary personality in Sri Lanka who demonstrates that writers are limitless. She has authored one book and translated several well-known titles into Sinhala. Koshalee has been contributing to The Asian Review’s Writers’ Space with her intriguing short stories and profound poetic-craft.

The Eyes

Wonder. Those eyes were rounded with wonder the first time his glance caught them. The big rounded eyes, topped with the beautiful golden colour eyebrows arched in the same surprise made him fully turn his head towards those eyes and stare. They had the colour of a pale, grey sky.

It took me five and a half years to write the novel, Jonel Abellanosa

I wove a lot of my stories from memory. Years ago, I ditched the practice of carrying a notebook to record insights in life’s other settings. I intended to turn my subconscious and unconscious mind into a trustworthy and bottomless repository of my original thoughts and insights. I practised my intuitive perception. It took me five and a half years to write the novel.